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Benjamin Franklin Ford was born in Sprudell, on September 14, 1939, and departed this life on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.
He received his high school diploma from Yerger High School in Hope. Ben moved to Troy, Ohio, in 1959 with the hopes of making a wonderful life. He completed training in welding at Hobart Brothers Company, eventually becoming a Master Welder and a Master Welding Instructor at the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology. His skill reached the ultimate recognition when he had a piece of welding art placed in the Florida Institute of Art. Ben was preceded in death by his son, Benjamin Allen Ford; his parents, James, Sr. and Merigold Ford; brothers, James Ford, Jr, Willie Cooper and Joe Ford; and sisters, Ruby Pope and Mary Sims.
He leaves to cherish his memory his loving wife, Sharice; Sons Jerry, Dennis (Roni), Douglas, Sean Patton and Demarcus Thornton; daughters Via (Mark) Atkins, Betty Jean “Petey” (Reggie) Keith, Kristy Atkins, and Demesha Ford; stepchildren Tinisha Muldrow, Tawana Hussey, Clark (Amanda) Muldrow, Jr., Annette Shelton, Lynnette Shelton and Utsey Shelton; two brothers, Jerry Kern and Richard (Tasha) Ford; sisters, Jerdie (Lloyd) Richards, Dorothy (John) Puckett and Velma Jean (Jerry) Trotter; aunt Hollis Fay Willis; and a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, friends and special friends.
Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday, February 10, at Hicks Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, February 11, at Charity Missionary Baptist Church in Fulton with Rev. Jessie Henry, pastor, Rev. James Jackson, eulogist. Burial will be at Moore’s Cemetery in Fulton. Arrangements are entrusted to Hicks Funeral Home, Inc.
Benjamin Franklin Ford was born in Sprudell, on September 14, 1939, and departed this life on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.
He received his high school diploma from Yerger High School in Hope. Ben moved to Troy, Ohio, in 1959 with the hopes of making a wonderful life. He completed training in welding at Hobart Brothers Company, eventually becoming a Master Welder and a Master Welding Instructor at the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology. His skill reached the ultimate recognition when he had a piece of welding art placed in the Florida Institute of Art. Ben was preceded in death by his son, Benjamin Allen Ford; his parents, James, Sr. and Merigold Ford; brothers, James Ford, Jr, Willie Cooper and Joe Ford; and sisters, Ruby Pope and Mary Sims.
He leaves to cherish his memory his loving wife, Sharice; Sons Jerry, Dennis (Roni), Douglas, Sean Patton and Demarcus Thornton; daughters Via (Mark) Atkins, Betty Jean “Petey” (Reggie) Keith, Kristy Atkins, and Demesha Ford; stepchildren Tinisha Muldrow, Tawana Hussey, Clark (Amanda) Muldrow, Jr., Annette Shelton, Lynnette Shelton and Utsey Shelton; two brothers, Jerry Kern and Richard (Tasha) Ford; sisters, Jerdie (Lloyd) Richards, Dorothy (John) Puckett and Velma Jean (Jerry) Trotter; aunt Hollis Fay Willis; and a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, friends and special friends.
Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday, February 10, at Hicks Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, February 11, at Charity Missionary Baptist Church in Fulton with Rev. Jessie Henry, pastor, Rev. James Jackson, eulogist. Burial will be at Moore’s Cemetery in Fulton. Arrangements are entrusted to Hicks Funeral Home, Inc.
